by Jenny Westberg Keaton Otis was just 25 years old when he died on May 12, shot by police after a routine traffic stop in Northeast Portland. He was the third victim of a police shooting in Portland this year. In the latest tragedy, Officer Christopher Burley was wounded. Thankfully, he is expected to return […]
By Jenny Westberg, guest column in The Oregonian, May 14, 2010 In her column this week, The Oregonian’s Anna Griffin notes that any time James P. Chasse Jr.‘s name is in the news, she gets the same phone call: “Why won’t this story go away? It’s been four years. He was nobody. Why do you […]
Mental health activist Jason Renaud weighs in on the latest shooting by police of unarmed citizens in crisis By Israel Bayer Staff Writer – Street Roots – 2 18 2010 Jason Renaud had been an advocate for the rights of people with addiction and mental illness for more than a decade when a 42-year-old named […]
From The Oregonian, March 22, 2005 – not available online Ronald R. Riebling Jr. held an umbrella wrapped in a cloth when he came out of his ex-girlfriend’s duplex early Sunday. Portland Officer Terry Kruger thought the concealed object was a rifle and fired one shot, killing Riebling, police said Monday. Kruger, a law enforcement […]
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